Karnataka Legislative Council

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Karnataka Legislative Council
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Type
Type
Term limits
6 years
History
Founded1907(117 years ago) (1907)
Preceded byMysuru Legislative Council
Leadership
Basavaraj Horatti , BJP
since 21 December 2022
M. K. Pranesh,BJP
since 29 January 2021
Leader of the House
N. S. Boseraju, INC
since 3 July 2023
Saleem Ahmed, INC
since 3 July 2023
Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, BJP
since 23 July 2024
Secretary of the Legislative Council
K. R. Mahalaxmi
since 1 October 2017
Structure
Seats75 (64 Elected + 11 Nominated)
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Political groups
Government (36)
  INDIA (36)

Official Opposition (36)

  NDA (36)

Other (1)

Vacant (2)

  Vacant (2)
Meeting place
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Legislative Council, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban district, Karnataka, India
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Legislative Council, Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belagavi, Belagavi district, Karnataka, India (Winter session)
Website
Karnataka Legislative Council
Constitution
Constitution of India
Footnotes
The Council was established in 1907 for the princely state of Mysore, which was merged with the Union of India and became Mysore State in 1947; Mysore State was re-organized to its current territorial state in 1956 and renamed as Karnataka on 1 November 1973.

The Karnataka Legislative Council (formerly the Mysuru Legislative Council) is the upper house of the state legislature of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of six Indian states with a bicameral legislature; the Legislative Assembly is the lower house. The Council is a permanent body of 75 members, of whom 64 are elected in various ways in staggered elections and 11 are appointed by the Governor of Karnataka. Members hold their seats for six-year terms.

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History

Originally, the government of the princely state of Mysore comprised the diwan and the unicameral Mysore Representative Assembly (constituted in 1881 by Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X). With the intent of creating a body composed of a certain number of non-official persons with practical experience and knowledge of local conditions to assist the government in making laws and regulations, the Mysore Legislative Council was established by Regulation I of 1907, in the reign of Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV. In addition to the diwan, the president and the members of the Council, who were ex-officio members, the Council at that time consisted of not less than 10 and not more than 15 additional members to be nominated by the government and approved by the Maharaja, out of which not less than two-fifths were required to be non-officials. The minimum and maximum number of additional members was increased from 15 to 21 respectively by Regulation I of 1914 and the maximum was further increased to 30 by Regulation II of 1919. [1]

In 1923, under the Mysore Legislative Council Regulation, (Regulation XIX of 1923), the strength of the Council was fixed at 50. Of the 50 seats, 28 were allotted to the nominated members (20 official and 8 non-official) and 22 to elected members. [1] In 1914, the Council was empowered to discuss the state budget, and in 1923 it was given power to vote on the demands for grants. From 1919 onwards, resolutions were discussed in the Council. The term of the Council was three years in 1917 and four years in 1940.

After the implementation of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the strength of the Legislative Council of the re-organized Mysore State was increased to 63 under the Legislative Councils Act of 1957 [2] and remained as such until 1987. The council was renamed following the renaming of Mysore State as Karnataka in 1973. Following adoption of a resolution in Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 18 August 1986 and subsequent approval by the Parliament of India, the strength of Legislative Council was increased to 75 with effect from 8 September 1987.

Constituencies and Members

The Karnataka Legislative Council is a permanent body with one-third of its members retiring every two years. Members of Legislative Council (MLCs) serve six-year terms, with no limit on reelections.

Of the 75 members of the Council, 25 are elected by local authorities such as municipalities and corporations, 25 are elected by members of the Legislative Assembly, 7 are elected from graduates' constituencies, 7 are elected from teachers' constituencies, and 11 members are nominated by the Governor of Karnataka. The following is the list of the current members: [3] [4]

Members elected by Legislative Assembly (25)

Keys:    INC (13)   BJP (9)   JDS (3)

#MemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1 N. S. Boseraju INC 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
2 Yathindra Siddaramaiah INC 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
3 K. Govindaraj INC 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
4A. Vasanth Kumar INC 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
5Bilkis Bano INC 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
6 Ivan D'Souza INC 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
7Jagdev Guttedar INC 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
8M. Nagaraju Yadav INC 14-Jun-202213-Jun-2028
9K. Abdul Jabbar INC 14-Jun-202213-Jun-2028
10Basanagouda Badarli INC 11-Jul-202413-Jun-2028
11 B. K. Hariprasad INC 1-Jul-202030-Jun-2026
12K. Naseer Ahmed INC 1-Jul-202030-Jun-2026
13Tippannappa Kamaknoor INC 23-Jun-202330-Jun-2026
14 C. T. Ravi BJP 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
15 N. Ravikumar BJP 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
16Marutirao Muley BJP 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
17S Keshava Prasad BJP 14-Jun-202213-Jun-2028
18Hemalatha Nayak BJP 14-Jun-202213-Jun-2028
19Chaluvadi Narayanaswamy BJP 14-Jun-202213-Jun-2028
20 Sunil Vallyapure BJP 1-Jul-202030-Jun-2026
21 M. T. B. Nagaraj BJP 1-Jul-202030-Jun-2026
22Prathap Simha Nayak BJP 1-Jul-202030-Jun-2026
23T. N. Javarayi Gowda JDS 18-Jun-202417-Jun-2030
24T.A. Sharavana JDS 14-Jun-202213-Jun-2028
25Govindaraju JDS 1-Jul-202030-Jun-2026

Local Authorities constituencies (25)

Keys:   INC (11)    BJP (11)   JDS (2)   Ind (1)

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1BidarBhimrao Patil INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
2KalaburagiYadgirB. G. Patil BJP 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
3BijapurBagalkotSunil Gouda B. Patil INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
4BijapurBagalkotP. H. Poojara BJP 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
5BelgaumChannaraj Hattiholi INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
6BelgaumLakhan Jarakiholi Ind 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
7Uttara KannadaGanapathi Ulvekar BJP 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
8DharwadGadagHaveri Saleem Ahmed INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
9DharwadGadagHaveri Pradeep Shettar BJP 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
10RaichurKoppalSharana Gowda Patil INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
11BellaryVijaynagarY. M. Satish BJP 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
12ChitradurgaDavangereK. S. Naveen BJP 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
13Shivamogga D. S. Arun BJP 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
14Dakshina KannadaUdupiVacant since 5-Jun-20245-Jan-2028
15Dakshina KannadaUdupiManjunath Bhandari INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
16Chikmagaluru M. K. Pranesh BJP 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
17HassanSuraj Revanna JDS 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
18TumakuruR. Rajendra INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
19MandyaM. G. Gooligowda INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
20Bengaluru UrbanH. S. Gopinath Reddy BJP 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
21Bengaluru RuralRamanagar Shambulingaiah Ravi INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
22KolarChikkaballapurAnil Kumar INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
23KodaguSuja Kushalappa BJP 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
24MysuruChamarajanagaraC. N. Manje Gowda JDS 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
25MysuruChamarajanagaraD. Thimmaiah INC 6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028

Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)

Keys:    BJP (4)   INC(3)

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1Karnataka South-East GraduatesChidanand M. Gowda BJP 10-Nov-20209-Nov-2026
2Karnataka North-East Graduates Chandrasekhar Patil INC 22-Jun-202421-Jun-2030
3Karnataka North-West Graduates Hanumant Nirani BJP 5-Jul-20224-Jul-2028
4Karnataka South GraduatesMadhu Madhe Gowda INC 5-Jul-20224-Jul-2028
5Karnataka West GraduatesS. V. Sankanura BJP 10-Nov-20209-Nov-2026
6Bangalore GraduatesDr. Ramoji Gowda INC 03-Jun-202402-Jun-2030
7Karnataka South-West GraduatesDhananjaya Sarji BJP 22-Jun-202421-Jun-2030

Elected from Teachers constituencies (7)

Keys:    INC (3)   BJP (2)   JDS (2)

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1Karnataka South TeachersK. Vivekananda JDS 22-Jun-202421-Jun-2030
2Karnataka South-East TeachersD. T. Srinivas INC 8-Jun-20249-Jun-2030
3Karnataka North-East Teachers Shashil G. Namoshi BJP 10-Nov-20209-Nov-2026
4Bangalore Teachers Puttanna INC 20-Feb-20249-Nov-2030
5Karnataka West Teachers Basavaraj Horatti BJP 5-Jul-20224-Jul-2028
6Karnataka North-West Teachers Prakash Hukkeri INC 5-Jul-20224-Jul-2028
7Karnataka South-West Teachers S. L. Bhojegowda JDS 22-Jun-202421-Jun-2030

Nominated by the Governor (11)

[5] Keys:    INC (6)   BJP (3)   JDS (1)

#MemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1 Umashree INC 21-Aug-202320-Aug-2029
2 M. R. Seetharam INC 21-Aug-202320-Aug-2029
3H. P. Sudham Das INC 21-Aug-202320-Aug-2029
4Prakash Rathod INC 30-Oct-201829-Oct-2024
5U. B. Venkatesh INC 30-Oct-201829-Oct-2024
6 Vacant 22-Jul-202021-Jul-2026
7 Adagur H. Vishwanath INC 22-Jul-202021-Jul-2026
8 Shantaram Siddi BJP 22-Jul-202021-Jul-2026
9 Bharathi Shetty BJP 22-Jul-202021-Jul-2026
10Talwar Sabanna BJP 22-Jul-202021-Jul-2026
11K.A Thippeswamy JDS 28-Jan-201927-Jan-2025

See also

Constituencies

Notes

  1. 1 2 Rao, C. Hayavadana (ed.). (1929). Mysore Gazetteer, Vol. IV, Bangalore: Government Press, pp.96-7.
  2. "The Legislative Councils Act, 1957". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  3. "Members of Karnataka Legislative Council". Karnataka Legislature website. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  4. "Members of Karnataka Legislative Council". infoelections.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. "Legislative Council Members". www.kla.kar.nic.in.

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